Altamonte Springs

An Altamonte Springs home was destroyed this evening by a fire that ripped through the single-story building. Seminole County firefighters responded to the blaze near Walnut Place and Crestwood Lane around 7:27 p.m. and found flames and smoke pouring from the home. Initial reports suggested someone may have been inside the home. Firefighters conducted several searches and determined no one was home at the time, according to Fire Rescue spokesman Steve Wright. It's unclear what sparked the blaze.

Altamonte Springs police this morning located a woman who was last seen Sunday. Margaret Amanda Satchell, 85, appeared disoriented but overall was in good health, Altamonte Springs police Officer Robert C. Pelton said. His agency received a call about 9 a.m. from the Central Florida Heart Group, 450 W. Central Parkway, saying a woman matching Satchell's description was in their lobby, Pelton said. Detectives are talking with Satchell to determine where she has been, but no foul play is suspected, he said.

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A 27-year-old man and a teenage runaway were arrested early this morning, accused of pistol-whipping and carjacking a woman at an Altamonte Springs condominium complex. The woman and her boyfriend had just arrived and parked at the Waterside at Cranes Roost residence around 3:30 a.m. when they were approached by two men, according to Altamonte Springs police. One of the men, later identified as Garvey Bazile, demanded the woman give him her keys, pointed a gun at her and then hit her in the head.

Twenty-two people were displaced by a fire that shot through the roof of apartments at the Promenade at Uptown in Altamonte Springs on Sunday evening, fire officials said. No one was injured by the fire, which was reported at 5:40 p.m. At that time, fire was already visible from the roof of the 12-unit building on Palm Springs Drive, said Lt. Paula Thompson of the Seminole County Fire Department. Altamonte Springs officials will investigate the cause, including whether a lightning strike might have been responsible, Thompson said.

An Altamonte Springs man is behind bars facing 10 child pornography charges following a state task-force investigation, a report said. According to an arrest report, Jordan Wagner, 23, of Hattaway Drive, downloaded multiple videos depicting the sexual abuse of boys and girls. When Wagner was arrested Friday, an agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's cyber crime task force noted that additional charges may be added pending a complete exam of his computer.

Altamonte Springs police are trying to identify a man who stole a shopper's purse at Publix. The woman left her purse in her cart, where the man is captured on surveillance video grabbing it and walking to the exit. The woman turned around almost immediately, noticed the purse was missing and ran after the man. Two Publix employees saw what was happening and joined the chase, officers said. The thief ran through the parking lot of the store at 482 E. Altamonte Drive, jumped a wall to the adjacent Village Green Apartments and escaped.

One man was hospitalized in stable condition and another was arrested late Wednesday after a shooting in Altamonte Springs, police said. Raymon Christopher, 19, shot Carmine Foglia, 22, in the chest during an attempted robbery about 5:15 p.m., investigators said. The men know each other, but officers did not say how. Detectives Wednesday night were waiting for a judge to authorize a search at Christopher's house, a few blocks from the scene of the shooting on Mockingbird Lane in the Spring Oaks community, police spokesman Senior Police Officer Rob Pelton said.

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In a video she posted on Facebook, 21-year-old Tori Potter giggles with delight as she watches her 10-week-old son sniffing and trying to sneeze. "OMG! Lol," Potter wrote. "He was trying to sneeze but couldn't get it out! Bahahaha. Funniest thing ever. Ignore my squeaky laugh. " The 1 1/2 -minute video was Potter's last status update. The next day the Astor woman and her baby, Terry William Peterson, were killed in a collision with a dump truck on State Road 40 while Potter headed to a job interview at a day-care center in DeLand.

SANFORD - Christopher and Manuel Rodriguez Jr. are twin brothers, born three minutes apart nearly 20 years ago. They grew up together in Altamonte Springs and are practicing Jehovah's Witnesses. If prosecutors have their way, both will wind up on death row in a few months after a daring, spur-of-the-moment shooting in broad daylight Jan. 20 on one of the busiest stretches of road in Central Florida: State Road 436 less than a half-mile west of Interstate 4. There were more than a dozen eyewitnesses, according to newly released records, and the slaying was captured by a surveillance video camera a few dozen yards away.

A three-car collision on Maitland Boulevard killed a 22-year-old man and left a young woman with serious injuries Saturday morning, officials said. Kyle Raymond Lowe, of Ocoee, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was driving west on Maitland Boulevard about 1:25 a.m., according to Florida Highway Patrol. His Chevrolet Cobalt crashed head-on into an eastbound Volkswagen Jetta, FHP spokeswoman Wanda D. Diaz said. A Toyota Corolla — driven by 19-year-old Emily Sutherland, of Longwood — then slammed into the back of the Volkswagen Jetta.

Altamonte Springs police are looking for a man who robbed a Wells Fargo bank. The man came into the bank at 351 N. State Road 434 about 12:15 p.m. Tuesday with a handwritten note demanding money and implied he had a gun, officers said. A teller gave him cash and he escaped on foot. The man was white, in his 20s and had light brown hair, police said. He wore a gray T-shirt, dark shorts and a ball cap. Anyone with information on his identity can call Crimeline at 800-423-8477.

An Altamonte Springs man was arrested Thursday after he surrendered to police and a SWAT team following a standoff at his house. Christopher Seckington barricaded himself inside his house on Great Bend Drive for several hours after neighbors called police to complain that he was walking around outside with a shotgun, Altamonte Springs police spokesman Officer Rob Pelton said. Seckington, who has a felony record, was arrested after about three hours. Charges weren't immediately available, but Pelton said they likely would include a drug charge related to a small meth lab officers found in the garage.